Courage In Healthcare

In last week’s episode, we learned about the challenges the Adlakhas faced when they left their home in India to make a life here in America. Dr. Adlakha believes these challenges prepared him to play the role he was meant to play in the lives of others. His presence in America allowed him to lead his family through difficult times and pave the way for his daughter’s success. Dr. Adlakha says that none of this would have been possible if he hadn’t had the loving support of the Gill family.

Today, we will learn how Dr. Adlakha was able to repay the Gill family’s kindness and what he learned from his experiences.

In this two-part episode, we speak with Dr. Arun Adlakha, a pulmonologist based in Charlotte, NC.

Arun and his wife, Kiran, met as medical students at CMC Ludhiana in India. In 1987, with a baby on the way, they made the decision to move to the United States. In part one of this episode, we will learn about the circumstances that led them to this decision and the challenges they would face as they reestablished their medical careers in an unfamiliar country.

This move required the Adlakhas to leave their families and defy the plans that had been made for them. Their story reminds us of the courage it takes to commit to a calling in the face of adversity.

During the catastrophic flooding event that devastated the Midwest in 2008, Columbus Regional suffered extensive damage and was forced to remain closed for over three months. Dr. Sonderman led his hospital through this dark time in a way that showed remarkable courage. Without revenue coming in, his team continued to pay the hospital’s employees and coordinated the delivery of emergency care with the help of mobile units from across the country. Dr. Sonderman made sure his hospital continued to honor its responsibility to its community even when its doors were shut.

We are proud to announce the launch of our new podcast, Courage in Healthcare. In this series, we will speak with leaders in the healthcare community who have seen their organizations through trying times. It’s our hope to inspire others with these remarkable stories of innovation and perseverance and introduce the professionals behind them, whose courage has left an incredible mark on their communities.

The first episode will go live in July 2019. We look forward to sharing these stories with you.

If you have a story of courage to tell and would like to share it, please let us know. We would love to hear from you